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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Objects</span><span class="f_BodyText"> page of the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Options</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog enables you to configure how elements look and respond in diagrams.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Version</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set the default version for new elements.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Phase</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set the default phase for new elements.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Highlight References</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Highlight parameters in operations that are passed by reference rather than value.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Reference Char(s)</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Specify a character to use for the reference.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Suffix/Prefix</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Indicate whether to use the </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Reference Char(s)</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> value as a prefix (before) or a suffix (after).</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">No warning for spaces in class names</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Hide or enable the warning message that a Class, operation or attribute name has embedded spaces (which can cause coding problems).</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Classes honor analysis stereotypes</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Show Classes as their stereotype; e.g. if a Class is stereotyped as a Boundary, it appears as a Boundary rather than a Class.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show stereotype icon for requirements</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Show or hide a code letter in the top right corner of Requirement (E, for external), Change (C) and Issue (I) elements.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Support for Composite Objects</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Enable you to <a href="movingelements.htm#Parent">drag child elements onto parent elements in a diagram</a>, and automatically embed them (and drag embedded child elements out of parent elements, breaking the child-parent relationship).</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Auto-resize marks diagram 'dirty'</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Ensure that auto-resizing of elements (e.g. Classes) marks the current diagram as changed (asterisk on the diagram name tab), so it should be saved.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Highlight {abstract} elements</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Highlight abstract elements with a suitable tag </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-style: italic;">{abstract}</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> in the top right of the Class.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Allow elongated Use Cases</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Stretch Use Cases or Use Case extension points with long names to enable space for the name. If you deselect the checkbox, Use Case re-sizing is proportional.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show status colors on diagrams</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Enable <a href="statustypes.htm">color coding</a> for Requirements and similar elements. </span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Copy inheritance links on duplicate</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Duplicate Inheritance and Realization connectors when an edit/copy is performed.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Port and Part type visible by default</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Enable Port and Part types to be shown by default.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show buttons for selected Object on diagram</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display the floating toolbar buttons to the left of the selected object. For example:</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Edit Object on New</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Automatically show the element </span><span class="f_UIControl">Properties</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog when a new element is added.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show &laquo;column&raquo; stereotype</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Hide or show the &laquo;</span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-style: italic;">column</span><span class="f_Tabletext">&raquo; stereotype used when data modeling.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Extend Complexity</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Extend levels of complexity to five levels in the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Complexity</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> option in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Properties</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> window. Otherwise only three levels are available.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Use UML 1.5 components (Enterprise Architect versions 4 and later support UML 2.x).</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Show or hide the State Compartment divider under the state name.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show Duplicate Tags</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Enable duplicate tags to be shown.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Group Operations by Stereotype</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Group an element's operations by their stereotype on the diagram.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Group an element's attributes by their stereotype on the diagram.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Sort element features alphabetically. Features include Attributes, Operations, Tags, Constraints and Test Cases.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set the <a href="objectvisibility.htm">visibility</a> of certain elements in reports and in diagram packages.</span></p>
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